Locket.



J. NEDERLAND.

LOGKET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1911.

Patented Jan.14,1913.

WITNESSES UNIT STAT FATEN FKCE.

JOHAN NEDERLAND, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOCKET.

To all whom 2'25 may concern Be it known that I, JonAN NEDERLAND, asubject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Locket, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to pro vide a hinged frame shaped to prevent buckling when constructedfrom light material; to provide a hinge construction for said framewhich is shaped to the contour of the locket; to provide a hingeconstruction simplified and durable; to provide a frame for the lockethaving the glass and picture frame formed integrally therewith; and toform an interior snap integrally constructed from one portion of theframe to engage the other portion of the frame.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a locket constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a face view of aportion of the hinge frame showing the keeper for the latch of saidframe; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite hinge frame havingformed thereon the latch; Fig. A is a cross section taken on the line4.4: in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on the line 55 in Fig.3"; Fig. 6 is a cross section of the completed locket taken on the line6-6 in Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a cross section of the completed locket takenon the line 7-7 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the blank ofone of the frame portions; and Fig. 9 is a detail view showing one ofthe shells and the frame therefor from which the locket is constructedas mounted and arranged in the rough.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the shells 15, 16 are overlaid onthe frames 16 and 17 to be soldered or otherwise secured preliminary togrinding and bufiing the locket into the approved shape. As shown inFig. 9, the rear edge of the frames extends, at this stage of themanufacture, beyond the edge of the shells 15.

The frames 16 and 17, constructed in conformity with the presentinvention, are struck up, as shown in Fig. 8, to form a Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1911.

Patented Jan. 141, 1913.

Serial No. 644,312.

channeled or cupped section 18, which section 18 is curved to receivesmall tubes 19 and 20. The tubes 19 and 20 have the same central passageand differ only in length, as will be seen by comparison of the tubes asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The tube 19 is shortened to extend between thetubes 20 to register therewith and receive the hinge wire 21, seen inFig. 7.

The blanks forming the frames 16 and 17 are provided with edge materialat the inner circumference to form the depended flanges 22. The flanges22 in the completed locket constitute resilient clamping frames to holdthe glasses 23 and the pictures 2 1, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7. At oneside of the frame 16 the flange 22 is cut away to form the keeper nick25 into the end of which strikes the latch tongue 26 of the frame 17. Tofurther strengthen the frames 16 and 17 they are stamped to form theannular grooves 28, 28. The grooves 28 are disposed adjacent the flanges22. By the structure so described the frames 16 and 17 are reinforcedand made rigid to resist buckling or bending across the said frames.

When the shells 15 have been secured to the frames 16 and 17, and thehinge wire 21 has been placed in position, the locket is buffed to theshape shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings to form unbroken edges ellipticalin cross section, and an unbroken or uninterrupted curve in its circulardimension. The eyelet 27 is then secured to one of the sides of thelocket, and the same is polished or buffed to a finish, if solid gold,and plated and subsequently buffed to a polish and finish, if plated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a locket such as described, thecombination of a plurality of half shell sections; a plurality of coversections; a plurality of frame sections each filling one of said shells,said frame sections having each a central opening and the edge of eachframe adjacent said opening being turned perpendicular to the face ofsaid frame, and each of said frame sections being provided at one sidethereof adjacent the outer edge with grooved extensions, a plurality ofalternately disposed tubular sections said sections being each rigidlymounted in one of said grooved extensions, and a pin uniting saidtubular sections to form a pivot therefor.

2. A locket such as described, having a plurality of cupped cover shellsconstructed to meet to form a flush surface; a plurality of fillingframes for said shells, each frame being rigidly connected with one ofsaid shells and each shell having a perpendicular flange extended fromthe face of the frame to rest against the side of the shell, the saidflange being resilient to frictionally retain,

Within its grasp, a picture or other device; 30 and a hinge for saidframes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

, J CHAN NEDERLAND. /Vitnesses E. F. MURDOCK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

